All OIl, Gas, Gold, Silver and Coal are owned by the Government either through the Crown Estates or the Mining Remediation Authority. However they may have to pay Wayleave to get the stuff out via yo… (View Post)

Agreed. It wold have to be as part of a much wider redistribution of powers down the chain to local level. But even centralised at Whitehall would be better than the current arrangement where semi-au… (View Post)

The third one I can buy into completely. All Governmental power should be exercised within the electoral system (from Parish to Parliament). Not handed off to semi-independent organisations with thei… (View Post)

Also a guaranteed way for energy firms to lose vast amounts of money in a pointless exercise in reverse virtue signalling. This is actually where the environmentalists missed a trick. If only they ha… (View Post)

Interesting. So are you claiming the Scots have an inferiority complex? (View Post)